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Three Nayar Girls of Travancore

Oil Painting
1872 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Naidu, Ramaswami (painted by)
Place of origin
Kerala (painted)

"Three Nayar Girls of Travancore", by Ramaswami Naidu, oil on canvas, 1872, Kerala. Given by H.H. the First Prince of Travancore.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Jewellery
Object type
Oil painting
TitleThree Nayar Girls of Travancore
Materials and techniques
oil on canvas
Oil Colour
Canvas
Brief description
"Three Nayar Girls of Travancore" by Ramaswami Naidu, oil on canvas, 1872, Kerala.
Physical description
"Three Nayar Girls of Travancore", by Ramaswami Naidu, oil on canvas, 1872, Kerala. Given by H.H. the First Prince of Travancore.
Dimensions
  • Height: 82.55cm
  • Width: 96.52cm
Credit line
Given by H.H. The First Prince of Travancore
Production
Travancore & Tamil Nadu
Bibliographic references
  • Barnard, Nick, Indian Jewellery: The V&A Collection London: V&A Publishing, 2008 Number: ISBN 9781851774838 p. 98, pl. 4.14
  • Jackson, Anna and Ji Wei (eds.) with Rosemary Crill, Ainsley M. Cameron and Nicholas Barnard, compiled by the Palace Museum, translated by Yuan Hong, Qi Yue and Liu Ran. The Splendour of India' Royal Courts : Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Beijing: the Forbidden City Publishing House, 2013. Text in English and Chinese. ISBN 9787513403917. pps. 256-257
  • The Jewels of India: Marg, 1995 Number: ISBN 81-85026-30-0 p. 104, cat. no. 4, Susan Stronge
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
882-1872

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Record createdJuly 4, 2007
Record URL
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